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Re: Has anyone bought/rented Gran Turismo 5 yet?

The general consensus I'm getting is that it's very good, but not an epic. I've played the NASCAR version at the Brickyard. It was fun, but you can tell that part was not designed by a team dedicated to making a NASCAR game. The cars travel too fast, turn far too easily, and have unrealistic damage. And that was with every assist turned off.

Re: Has anyone bought/rented Gran Turismo 5 yet?

I bought it on the day it came out and I really like it. I think a lot of the flak its getting is kinda unjust. Its an amazing driving simulator and the NASCAR racing in it is pretty sweet. Feels like a stock car should, in a video game at least.

Re: Has anyone bought/rented Gran Turismo 5 yet?

I bought it on the day it came out and I really like it. I think a lot of the flak its getting is kinda unjust. Its an amazing driving simulator and the NASCAR racing in it is pretty sweet. Feels like a stock car should, in a video game at least.

Re: Has anyone bought/rented Gran Turismo 5 yet?

I bought it on the day it came out and I really like it. I think a lot of the flak its getting is kinda unjust. Its an amazing driving simulator and the NASCAR racing in it is pretty sweet. Feels like a stock car should, in a video game at least.

And I love playing my PS3.

No offense, but how is a stock car supposed to feel? I heard that they feel just about like any other car in the game.

Re: Has anyone bought/rented Gran Turismo 5 yet?

So I got the game, I don't know if it's better than Forza. They are both just so...different. It's pretty incredible how you can have two games from the exact same genre both trying to be driving sims be so different.

Not a bad thing, not sure which I'm going to like better. Gran Turismo 3 was one of my favorite games of all time, but I could never get into Gran Turismo 4, this one seems closer to 3 right now IMO.

Re: Has anyone bought/rented Gran Turismo 5 yet?

pacer4ever graciously let me borrow his copy. I played it last night. I really hated waiting for it to install for over an hour.

I wanted it primarily for NASCAR, like I said earlier. I put the difficulty on hard, but the cars were extremely easy to pass in the turns. Drafting is basically non-existent, and it just doesn't feel like I have too much control over those cars. I can't change wedge, camber, track bar, etc.

After I won a race, it took me back to the main screen. "This is it?" Not even a congratulations for winning a race or anything. I felt empty inside after that.

Still, going through the main game mode will take more time than I have with the game in my possession, so I can't really give a detailed review.